Combined



(Model.)

G. BGART. Combined Apple Parer, Corer and"`Slcer. No. 236,217.

Patented Jan. 4,1881.

ATTORNEYS.

PATENT @Trina GEORGE EGART, OFMOOLEYVILLE, KENTUCKY.

COMBINED APPLE PARER, CORER, AND SLICER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,217, dated January 4, 1881. Application filed September 29, 1880. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE EeAn'r, of Mooleyville, in the county of Breckinridge and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Combined Apple Parer,

Oorer, and Slicer, of which the following is a specification.

Figure l is a side elevation of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is a sectional end elevation taken through the linear x, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan View of the paringknife. Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation taken through the line y y, Fig. 4.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish parers, corers, and slicers so constructed that the apples will be pared as the mechanism is moved in one direction, and cored and sliced as the mechanism is moved in the other direction, and which shall be convenient in use and effective in operation.

The invention consists in constructing an apple parer, corer, and slice-r of a connectingshaft, three gear-wheels, a hollow shaft carrying one of the gear-wheels, a spirally-grooved shaft carrying the fork and working in the hollow shaft, a spring for drawing back the fork-shaft, a feed-lever and its sliding bar and spring, a sliding rack-bar gearing into one of the gear-w heels, a tongue for holding' the rackbar, a spring, guide, and incline, for controlling the movements ofthe rack-bar, an incline for releasing the fork-shaft, a sliding block having arm and handle `for moving the sliding rack-bar forward, a spiral spring for drawing the rack-bar back, coring and slicing cutters, a hinged spring-pivot, and a pivoted paring-knife, as will be hereinafter fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the platform or table of the machine, to which is attached the frame-work that supports the operating parts of the machine. To short posts B, attached to the frame of the machine, is pivoted a short shaft, C, to one end of which is attached a large beveled-gear wheel, D. The teeth ofthe beveled-gear wheel D mesh into the teeth of a smaller beveledgear wheel, E, attached to the forward end of a hollow shaft, F, pivoted to supports G, attached to the frame of the machine.

H is a shaft which passes through the cavity of the hollow shaft F, and is connected with it by a tongue and groove, so that the inner shaft, H, will be carried around by and with the outer shaft, F, in its revolution, and` at the same time can slide longitudinally1 within the said hollow shaft F.

To the forward end of the shaft H is attached the fork I, to hold the apple while being pared, cored, and sliced.

To the rear end of the inner shaft, H, is attached the end of a bent spring, J, the other end of which is attached to the platform or fralne of the machine, and which is so arranged as to draw the.shaft H back when released from the mechanism that feeds it forward.

Upon the forward part of the inner shaft, H, is formed a spiral groove to receive the edge of a lever, K, which is pivoted to the snpport G, that carries the forward end of the hollow shaft F, so as to feed thefork-shaft forward as it revolves. The upper end of the lever K is held forward against the shaft H by a spring, L, attached to the support Gr, and connected with the said upper end of the lever K by a rod, M. The lower end of the lever K rests in a notch or slot in the inner part of the bar N, that slides in keepers attached to the platform or frame of the machine. The outer part of the sliding bar N passes through a hole in the bar or ange O, attached to the edge of the platform A, beneath the rack-bar P, and its outer end is bent upward at right angles at the outer side of the said rack-bar P. The bar P has a longitudinal groove in its inner side to receive a tongue, Q, attached to the outer side of the bar or ange O, and which, in connection with the spring R, supports the bar P in a raised position while being drawn forward. Upon the upper side of the rear part of the bar P are formed rack-teeth, to engage with the teeth ofa gear-wheel, S, at-

tached to the outer part of the shaft G, so that the said shaft G and the mechanism connected with it will be operated by the forward movement of the rack-bar P. As the rack-bar P completes its forward movement it passes off the tongue Q, and drops down and rests and slides back upon supports T, attached to the lower part of the flange O. The rack-bar P, T and is relieved is drawn back by when it drops to the supports from the forward pressure,

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i a spiral spring,

U, one end of which is at tached to the rear part of the platform A, and its other end is attached to a block, V, which slides upon the ian ge O, and to which thefor- 'ward end ofthe rack-bar P is pivoted, so that the rear end of the said rack-bar P can drop down when it passes off the tongue, Q. As the rack-bar P is drawn back by the action of the spiral spring U its rear end strikes against an incline, W, attached to the rear part of the outer side of the Iiange 0, and is raised, the said V4bar P pressing back and passing the spring R. The inner side of theV4 rack-bar P is recessed to allow it to pass the tongue Q, and bring its groove into line with the said tongue.

To the slidin g block V is attached an arm, X, havin g aperforated projection or standard upon its inner or free end.

To the inner side of the projection of the arm X, and at the sides of its perforation, are attached the ends of three or more bars, Y, to and between the other ends of which is attached a short tube, Z, of sufficient size to receive the core of the apple, and to the sides v of which are attached four or more radial cutters, a, so that the apple will be cored and quartered or sliced by the tube Z and cutters a as the rack-bar P is drawn back by the spiral spring U, the core passing out through the perforation of the arm X, and the slices of the apple falling through'an opening in the platform A into a receiver. As the rack-barP approaches the end of its rearward movement an incline, b, attached to its lower side, comes in contact with the outer end of the sliding bar N and draws it outward', withdrawing the upper end of the lever K from the spirallygrooved fork-shaft H, and allowing the spring J to draw back .the said shaft H, so that another apple can be placed upon the fork I, ready to be pared.

To the platform A, or to acurved bar, c, of the frame of the machine, is hinged a pivot, d,

which is held forward by a spring, e, attached to it and to its support, so as to hold the paring-knife against the apple. Upon the pivot dis placed a socket in the knife-holder f, to which is secured, by a screw, g, the knife h. The knife h is slotted to receive the screw g, so that the knife It can be moved forward as it wears.

To the side edges of the knife h and holder f is attached a plate, t', to serve as a gage to regulate the thickness of the parings and as a guide to direct the parings to a guide-apron, .by which they are conducted to a receiver. The guide-apron is not shown in the drawings.

The coring and slicing cutters should also be provided with a guard-plate or hood, to prevent the slices of apple from iiying about as they are cut by the said cutters when drawn back by the spring U, the 4said spring being vmade sufficiently strong to draw the rack-bar and its attachments back and force the cutters 160 through the apple with a quick strong The style of knifetholder, knife, and guard herein shown and described may be used, or any ordinary or suitable paring-knife, as may be convenient.

To the sliding block V is attached a knob or handle,j, for conveniencein drawing it and the rack-bar P forward.

In usingthe machine an appleisplaced upon the fork I and the sliding block V and rackbar P are drawn forward, which forwardmovement revolves the gear-wheels S'D E and the shafts F H, and causes the lever K, resting in the spiral groove'of the fork-shaft H, to force the said shaft forward, so as to feed the apple forward while it is being revolved, so that it will be properly pared by the knife. Asthe sliding block V and rack-bar P complete their forward movement, and the rack-bar P drops from the tongue Q, the handle j is released from the forward pressure, and the rack-bar and sliding block are drawn back by the spiral spring U, forcing the coring and paring cutters Z a against the apple, coring and slicing it. At the same time thelever Kis withdrawn from the spirally-grooved fork-shaft H, and the said shaft H is drawn back by the spring J, bringing the fork I into position to receive another apple and carry it forward to the paring-knife.

To the flange gage with a ratchet-wheel, Z, formed upon or attached to the shaft C, to prevent the rackbar P from being drawn back should it be released before completing its forward movement. I v

It will be observed that the spring It, when the rack-bar flies back, will be pressed by it into the flange O. The rack-bar now passes up the incline W, and is raised above the spring. The spring R will then move out under the rack-bar and hold it up, so that thc groove on the inner side of the rack, when the latter is drawn forward, will catch on the tongue of the iiange.

Having thus as new and desire to secure by ent- 1. An apple parer, corer, and slicer constructed substantially as herein shown and described, consisting of the shaft C, the gearwheels S D E, the hollowshaft F, the spirallygrooved shaft H, carrying the fork I, thesprin g J, the feed-lever K, and its sliding bar N and spring L, the rack-bar P, the tongue Q, spring R, guide T, inclines W and b, the sliding block V, having arm X and handle j,the spiral spring U, the coring and slicing cutters Z a, the hinged spring-pivot d c, and the paring-knife f g h t', as set forth.

2. In an apple parer, corer, and slicer, the combination, with the shaft C, the gear-wheels described my invention, I claim Letters Pat- S D E, the hollow shaft F, and the spirallygrooved sliding shaft H, carrying the fork I, of the sliding rack-bar P, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby a rotary movement is given to the fork I by the forward movement of the rack P, as set forth.

O is attached a pawl, k, to eni IOO IOS

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3. In an apple parer, corer, and" Slicer, the combination, with the grooyed and recessed sliding rack-bar P, that gives a rotary movement to the fork 1', of the tongue Q, the spring R, the guide T, and the incline W, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the said rack-bar is thrown into and out of gear as it slides back and forth, as set forth.

4. In an apple parer, corer, and slicer, the combination, with the sliding rack-bar P, of the sliding block V, having handlej and perforated arm X, of the bars Y, the tubular cutters Z, for coring the apples, and the radial cutters a., for slicing the apples, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the apples will be cored and sliced by the rearward movement of the rack-bar P, as set. forth.

5. In an apple parer, corer, and slicer, the

combination, With the sliding rack-bar P, carrying the coring and slicing cutters Z a, of the spiral spring U, substantially as herein shown and described,whereby the rack-bar P is drawn back to core and slice the apples when released from the forward pressure, as set forth.

6. In an apple parer, corer, and slicer, the combination, with the spirally-grooved shaft H, that carries the fork I, and with the sliding rack-bar P, of the lever K, the spring L, the sliding bar N, the incline b, and the spring J, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the fork-shaft is released and drawn back to receive an apple, as set forth.

GEORGE EGART.

Witnesses J. R. MITCHELL, W. F. DURBIN. 

